With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

对大多数富人来说,财富的主要享受在于炫耀财富。

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For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

因为,如果有一种对生活的罪恶,那与其说是对生活的绝望,不如说是对另一种生活的希望,以及逃避这种生活的不可调和的壮丽。

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."

谨慎地调节你的享乐,以免在你的心里写下“满足”这个可怕的字眼。

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

我们所说的管理,大部分是让人们难以完成工作。

It doesn't matter who it is, and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.

不管是谁,这都能帮助你们在更大的爱中成长。

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

写小说就是编织一系列谎言以达到更大的真理。

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

所有的成就,所有的财富,都始于一个想法。

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

学习是快乐的,但做是快乐的高度。

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

有钱能使鬼推磨。